[shaun]

whats your bestest recipe for stuffing with turkey,i have got a load of chestnuts and plan on using them or should i leave them out.
any ideas guys  :?:

[muntjac]

put em in mate / buy a couplde them cheap stuffing mixes .you only want em for te breadcrumbs n like .. chop ya nuts up rough in a blender mix em in with a few whole cranberries ( nick em out the cranberry sauce) stir it all up line ya pot with some bacon slices so all the bottoms covered . then pop ya stuffing in cover with more bacon .and then sliced mushrooms and then more bacon ... cook for 45 mins wrapped in a baco foil  and then take it out and crack a duck egg whisked up on top and pop back in for 15 mins hot , sprinkle with salt and pepper befoe you cut it up or serve

[shaun]

whats with a duck egg never heared of that one,was thinking of sausage meat aswell.

[muntjac]

stick it in mate its loverly ,, the duck egg is just sumat i do its crispy on top the mix
try this one if ya like its even nicer .
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peel ya nuts and drop in hot water to get rid of the pith scrape if neccasry . chop roughly in a blender
the mix

1  cup chopped onion
1/4 cup fat
2  lbs. sauerkraut, drained
1 cup shredded raw potato
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 tsp. caraway seed
1/4 tsp. pepper
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1/2 cup white wine 1/2lb white mushrooms

line oven pot with bacon ( smoked back is loverly ) then pour the mix in the pot ,slice some mushrooms up and then put all over surface cover with more bacon .wrap in baco foil cook for 1 hour 30 mins or till you stick a fork in deep and it comes out clean .. 15 mins afore you serve open parcel and drop a whisked up goose egg on top all round the surface back in the oven unwrapped for 15 mins or till egg is cooked ..sprinkle with salt and fresh milled black pepper pepper delicous hot or cold .i use it up on a boxing day shoot

[Annie]

I`m probably boring but I do Delias but I do chuck chestnuts loosley into the cavity where they suck up turkey juice and taste yum,you do have to remove all if your going to turn the carcas into soup as I find the mix doesn`t work.

[milkman]

I do an extra special sage and onion stuffing made with onion, breadcumbs, sage from the garden, dried apricots, bacon and an egg.

I also make bread sauce.

Re the chestnuts I would probably chop them up and add them to my sausagemeat stuffing.

mmmm...I love all this Christmas food - can't wait to pick up my bird from the butcher next Saturday!

[muntjac]

my birds wandering around the yard wondering why i kep looking at it with a dribble on my chin .. my grand daughter was in garden and i was talking about it and  i called it Christmas and she says ur our dinner goosey .. now today she is 5 and she wants the leggy  

[noshed]

Sausagemeat, copped liver, smoked bacon, egg, breadcrumbs, a few sultanas or cranberries and chestnuts. Cook in bain marie in the oven - lovely, brilliant cold.
Just shove an onion and a lemon in the turkey, cooks better.

[shaun]

any measures for that one noshed or are you like me and cook using cups and mugs to measure.

[hayles62]

My dad has sold roast chestnuts from a barrow up to Christmas for years so get lots of em, mum calls it "Bills hot nuts"  

[noshed]

Ilb peeled, chopped chestnuts
Onion
4oz streaky bacon chopped
turkey liver or 4oz chicken liver
butter
parsley
thyme
mace
8oz sausagemeat
salt, pepper, egg
currants or anything else you fancy
A few breadcrumbs to spin it out a bit
Fry bacon and onion gently, them add the rest
Cook in casserole dish lined with bacon, for ages.
It burns easily so put in dish of water to cook. Or at least put plenty of foil on top.
If you use a mixer, don't make it too smooth, it tastes better chunky.
I'll try and find my mum's notes on the subject, I've got them somewhere.

[shaun]

i agree noshed you should always have a chunky stuffing  

[big green bloke]

bets that you cook the bird till all most done and then add the stuuffing otherwise the bird will be dry bets of all do not stuff  the bird cook your stuffing in ball around the bird or on a tray safest why to make sure the bird is cook and safe with stuffing the bird hot air is allow inside whilst cooking and keeps the bird moist ,    also try a bottle of beer in the stuffing yours big green bloke